Newspaper Page Text
Schooling of the Echo Afri
cans.
It i* frequently dm ed by Democrats
thst Mr. Buchanan pad any thing to
the Colonization S *c.**ty for the educa
tion of the little negroes taken from on
b< a r d the Eho slnver. Now we have
the authority of James B ahman him
self, for saying that a part id’ that mon
ey was paid for schooling, and we intend (
to .how that a wry considerable part
of it was foi that purpose. Me quote
from the President’s ia-t annual Mes
sage to Congress, delivered last De
cember—“under these c rcumstances an
agreement was entered into with the
Colonization Society on the 7th Sep
tember last, a copy whieh is heiewith
transmitted, under which the Society
engaged, f*r the consideration of forty
five thou-and dollars, to receive these
Africans in Liberia from the Agent of
the I'uited States, and furnish them, dn
ring the per*d of one year thereafter,
w iih comfortable shelter, clothing, pro
visions and medical attendance, causing •
the ch ildren to receive schooling ; and
all, whether children or adults, to be in
structed in thwarts of civilized life, suit
able to their condition.”
i ne reader will please bear in mind, 1
that not one cent of these foity-five
thousand dollars was to pav for carr>-
ing the Africans to Liberia —as a large
expense was incurred hv our govern
went, to get therti there, carrying them
on the United States ship-of-war, the
steam frigate Niagara, we believe. Ev
ery doi.nr of this forty-five thousand
was onl/ for shelter, food, clothing, medi
cal attendance, schooling for the chil-
i in-trucliuu of all in the arts of
civilized life —-for one year. Now, let
us see how the matter of schooling
stands. We do not propose to count
st anything the “instruction in the ait.
of civilized life,” that is, teaching them
how to work ; because we think it is an
exceedingly fair presumption to suppose
that their labor was, at least, worth the
instruction. Here in Georgia, suppos
ing the t wner or employer to bug every
thing , a negro can be abundantly fed
one year for thirty-six dollars, allowing
300 lbs. of pork and twelve bushels of
meal. Shelter, good j-helter, here in
Georgia can be furnished at one dollar
each. Comfortable and substantial
clothing can be furnished at eight dol
lars. Medical attendance, in the least
healthy part of our State, will not aver
age for each negro exceeding five dol
lars, and our mgroes have better medi
cal attend nice than the same class of la
borers get in any other quarter of the
globe. We base allourcalculations up
on each negro being a full grow n, able
bodied field haul. It is the very highest
ca!< u a ion, and hardly a plantation in
the State will average so much. We
think the calculation exceedingly high
for Liberia, when we consider the shel
ter is only a mild hovel, the food yams,
rice and fi-h, and,-he clothing “a shirt
collar and pair of spurs.”
The number of E ho Africans was,
say three hundred, and the am >unt paid
for each one was —Putting the
amount paid for each, ft *r fd shelter,
clothing and medical attendance at the
high price (for Georgia) of fitty dollar*,
and the aggregate amount for th **e
item*. will Ih* only fifteen thousand dol
lars— It living the enormous stint of thirty
thousand dollars for schooling ! We
do not know the numler of chddren.
but assuming it to have been one him I
dred and fifty (me half) ai.d we have
tu?o hundred dollars os eh paid by our
very en- un>miml Ur ntocmtic G< verr
mnt for the schooling of lit tie ntg,
in Africa. Thirty thousand d**l ar*, m
Groiga, w.-ud pay for the schooling of
marly two thousand of* our white hots
ax*! K>rl. l-t there a ."ingle nader of
ours who really thiuks that lif v dollar*
a year is too low an estimate of iln- coat
of I •<*! clothing, shelter ai.d medical at
tei.dauve for a livgr > in Georgia ? J-,
there a reader who believes that the c *st
ought to exceed that in Liberia, taking
into atvoui.t the quality and quality of
the clothing Are., which it is fairly
presumable was furnished ! Then the
irresistible conclusion must be, either
that Mr. Buchanan used a grossly exor
bitant niDOUUt of the public money for
the fecd rig, clothing, Ai, of these Afri
cans. or that he has raid an enormous
amount for schooling. Which horn of
the dilemma will our Democratic friends
take?— Cbron. tV Sentinel.
Day Ar.s Ttv Lightning at Sea.—
Among she papers ordered to be printed
by the House of Commons, duriug the
session i 1 1804 is a list of >liips in ili-*
Koval Navy dan aged by lightning be
tween th years 171>0 and 1840. The
list is, of course by* no means complete,
since it i impossible to obtain a knowl
edge of all the cases which oeeured to
IT. 3f. ships during a period of fifty
years ; and although the legs of everv
ship returned to port are deposited a‘t
the Admiralty, it is necessrry, in search
ing out for particular eases* to be furn-
I>hed W ith a clue not less satisfactory
than the name of the ship and the date
of the accident. With great indus
try and perseverance, Sir W. Snow
Harris has succeeded in obtaining no
-r-ss than two hundred and eighty eases,
the particulars of which are in every in
stance derived from official and there
s .re reliable sources. It wiij be suffi
e.ent for our purpose to give a summary
* these ca.-es, since there are so many
features in common in the disastrous
rf->uits. These cases include one hun
dred and six slips of the line, seventx
lr gates, eighty sloops and brigs two
h.'oi.eig.srVen cutters, five sheer-lm ks.
fi.e Hups iu ordinary, five steamer*, two
ol which were iron ; so that every va
riety of vessel has been attacked by
lightning. In these two hundred and
* ghty ea-es there were damaged or
u--’r.-yed at least one hundred and
eighty-five lower rna-ts, of which one
huuditd and thirty five, or eirly three
to.irths, were lower mast* of uneofbat
tle trigates. Not Jess than one bundled
**-re c. mpletely ruined as to masts ;
one hundred and eighty topmasts were
rumed , >r an*ged ; m >ie than two
thirds thereof belonging i u ships of the
line and t, ‘gates ard ab(|Ut one h|ind ■,
and fitly topgallant m* sts Were and _
cd. in addi.iHi to this amount of dum
age, large quantity of niU
and other stores were eiti.. r .1 ,
or destroyed. In about
the two hundred and eighty ca-e* th
ships were set on fne by the lightning
either in the ma-ts or in the sails 0 r
rigging; in some instances, the sh-p
----were severely damaged in the hull. ’\ fie
total h*ss to the country on these two
hundred and eighty cases, in material
!• e, has been estimated at about
X 150,000.
Ihe< ! 1 icago Herald regards Dou
glas’ ‘*copy righted communication
m Harper as a i/d for Black Repub
lican votes, and considers that he will
be a formidable competitor against
Reward next year for the Republican
nominat <on. A correspondent of the
New York Tribune suggests that
Douglas would be a good Black
Republican candidate, “if he could
only be trusted.” “He can’t bo trust
ed.
Opposition Party Meeting in
Thomas.
At a meeting. -fineO, ptl°n I
held in the Courthouse, on the 10 h inst.,
Od. C. S P •ckwell was called to the
chair, and Henry Wyche appointed Set
ref a r y.
On motion of R. 11. Hardaway, a
committee, constating of the following i
gentlem-n from the several districts in
tlx* county, was appointed by the j
Chairman to report business for the
meeting:
From Thomasville Di-trict —R. 11.
Hardaway.
From Fourteenth District—Matron
Monroe.
From Duncanville District—James T.
Hall.
From Gr sverville District—Gardner
C'dpt pfer.
From Seventeenth D*>trict—The**pb -
lu- L. Parker.
From Swain's Di-* tr ' ct —Adi-on
Way.
The Committee retired, w hen John M. |
Dv-< in E-q whs --all**H upon and ad
dre-sed tlie meeting until it returned.
h-n the following report wa* submit- j
i ted, and on m Uih of L. C. Bryan,
received and adopted unan in >usly :
Whekeas, Ihe Opposition party of
Thomas county, by previous appoint
ment, have this day a-sembled to give
expression to their views of the pending
elections, Sa e, Congressional and Coun
ty; therefore. be it
Resolved, That we hail with deligh’
the nomination for Governor of Georgia
of the gallant statc-mui, Christian gen
tleman, and philanthropist, Wakiikv
Akin, and that we call upon all men
who are true to their country, and who
love their homes and firesides more than
party, to unite with us in his triumphant
promotion.
Resolved, That we recommend to the
independent voters of the F.r-t Congres
sional Pi-trier, the name of our fellow,
citzn, (Vi. A. T. Mclntyre, for Congres
sional honors. In so doing, w e point to
his unflinching infgenty, his superior
intellect, and his unswerving fidelity to
the Railr* a I intcre-ts of 8 •utheru
Georgia as eininetlv entitling him to the
confidence and support of his fellow
citizens*.
Resolved, That we had hoped that
party ia our county would have been
set as.de, and our local interest* secured
a compromise ticket, which could and
would do credit to our county ; but ihe
party in power, determined to rule or
ruin, g vc the preference to | arty at th*
1 exp neofi he c unity, by non.in it ng a
ticket in th.* face of their own propor -
tion ; we, therefore, have no other a
ternative, but t<> submit to an unju-t and
arbitrary rule, or assert our own iude
pendente as freemen, and nominate
Henry L. Mitchell t *r the Senate, and
John M. Dvson, E-q.. for the House*, in
the next I. ‘^islature —two worthy and
reliable lu- ii.
Jit solved, 1 hat, as Sou hemcra, we
will ever battle, ns we have heretofore,
against the infamous anu-S uthern do.-
trine of the national Dem* <*ra-y, known
as Squatter Sovereignty, and that, - h*uld
the Opposition emUrace no more, it
ought t enlist in its ranks every true
man < 1” ‘he S -nth.
RisfJred, That the nomination of
County Officer* be postponed to a future
day.
Col. S B. Spencer then baing called
uj>n. addressed the meeting
Oil nmliitii, it was ordered that ih*-
above pr**c* cding.s be published in th.
Sivannah R publican and Southron E i
terpri-e.
C. S. Rockwell, Chairman,
llknky Wvchb, Secretary.
Senator Toombs on Quitman
and Bonham
Mr. To* ■mbs is reported to have sad
in his late speech at Lexington, that “he
could draw from the (band Jury box of
Oglethorpe county, two as good politi
cal leaders as Quitman and Bonham.’’
If to. we hope that the people <*f Geor
gia will see to it that the-e Oglethorpe
Grand Jurors are sjcdiiy drawn from
their obscurity to represent the State at
Washington City, where such political
leaders as Quitman and Bonham are
sadly needed. \\ e should be quite re
signed even to seeing one of them sub
stituted for the eloquent Senator him
self. To say nothing of Gen. Bonham,
who is at least a faithful and efficient
■Southern Repiesentative in tongre**,
was it quite ing >od taste f..r Mr. Too mb
thus to disparage the memory of a man
illustrious alike by his gallantry 111 the
field and lii.s wisdom iu council, the
Weight and dignity of whose claiucter
extorted the respect even of Black Re
publicanism itself, and whom the Geor
gia Senator, be his future ever so bright
and successful, may never hope to rival
in the affection and esteem of his coun
trymen? After a!!, it is not so mui h a
slur on the fame < f Quitman, as it is a
satire on political leadership, fin what is
it but say mg that stubborn honesty un
fits a man for politics, and that the qual- 1
ities of head and heart that most adotn
humanity, are not reckoned among the
requisites of political leadership? We
are not so much surprised that this i’
Mr. Toombs’ opinion, as that he should
have found it necessary to proclaim it in
a public speech.— Efaula Shield.
The Cmnioci Gold Deg ion—We
learn from the Panama Star, of ihe 2d
mat., that favorable accounts continue
to fe received from the fm a cos. Mr.
Haw e-, who returned to l’a, ama, br, night
with him some splendid specimens; and
he calculates that he has j>een a* least
two hut dred and fifty thousand dollars’
worth of the gold images in the hoitse
of poor people in Davi 1, but he think
there must be much more that he did
not see, as ihey were shy of exhdntmg !
them to strangers. Among all th* v.ari
ety of figures found none represent any
of the domestic animals.
The country appear* in many place
to be covered with graves for miles
around. Chiriqui is one of the most
healthy and beautiful di-triets of New
Granada ; ihe temperature is cool, and
provisions are reported cheap and
ahundai.t. foreigners arc cautioned
against emigrating thither before the
dry seaaon set* in, wh.cli will be about
| ‘he close of December ; as at present
the rain- have s< swolloned the stream- i
as to prevent ail progress. Feter aso
,s generally rife, and fn quently proves
•ami t 0 emigrants at this season.
f A r . 0. Bulletin.
Parson R. was a truly pious man, 1
at ‘be ’ong graces wliicli usually
followed the iueals.be and the wh ie j
; family reverently knelt, except the {
parsons brother, who being o'er >
nicitli lat, usually stood with Ids
back to flic table, and overlooked
the garden. One day—it was sum |
mer time—the parson was unusua lv
favored; not appearing to notice the
fidgety movemeust of his brother,
who kept twisting about, until find
ing no end to his thanks, he broke in
with— **('ut it short, parson—cut it
short—the co*s are in the garden
. playing h— ll with the cabbage .
Col. Mclntyre Accepts.
We are pleased to have it in our
power to state authoritatively th it j
Col. Alexander T. Mclntyre has ae- 1
i cepted the nomination for Congress,
ten ered him by the citizens of
Thomas, and so cordially approved
by his Opposition friends in every
portion of the District. Feeling as
sured that he would not refuse a
compliance with the earnest wishes
of his friends —and, as we firmly be
lieve, a majority of the voters of the
District—we did not hesitate to pro
claim him a candidate nii display
his name in our columns, some days
j ago.
In commending such a man to the
eonfideneennd suffrages of his fellow
citizens, we fee! that we can enter
upon the duty with a good conscience,
and without a solitary misgiving,
should he be elected to the high po
sitioo. Mr. Mclntyre is a genuine !
man, pure-minded and strong-headed,
incapable of a trick, and despising
all those low arts by whieh dema
gogues and small men ascend to
honorable position. He is a man of
superior judgment, and business
qualitieationss of the highest order.
A- our Representative, he would
devote himself to the advancement
of the local interests of his District,
ami the true honor and prosperity of
the whole country. All who know
him will hear ns out in what we say,
and even more, had we the time to
dwell upon his virtues in detail.
We all feel, especially in this sec
tion, that the District has been sadly
mi-represented tor years past —that
we have been compelled to look for
the protection of our interests to
one who had no sympathy for them.
What was still worse, we have been
bound hand and foot, and unable to
help ourselves. A political dynasty,
selfish and proscriptive, had been
nurtured and grown up around the
person of the late Representative,
who were,and are, resolve*! that none
hut they shall “rule in Israel.’ They
have kept the entire District in
chains, ami in the person of Judge
Love, Mr. Seward s partner and par
tii-iilni* friend, they now seek to per
petuate their tyranny over the peo
pie. Judge Love was only brought
forward to do what Mr.Seward could
not do; ami the men who did it,
would have made war upon the
Democratic party of the District
had they been driven from their
point.
It is time this reign were brought
to an end, and Col. Mclntyre has
enlisted for the war, and will assault
their strong-holds boldly ami with
out a fear of the result, should the
East hut stand to his colors as she
should. Let her do her duty, and
all will he well. There should be
no party alignments on siieli an issue,
tor we have interests at stake far
uliove considerations of party success.
We want a sound, reliable and efii
eient man in Congress, and there is
not a true Sout'ern Democrat in the
District who would be inisrepresen
ted by our candidate. We should
not throw aside such a man upon a
mere name, when we have the power
to command his services, and when
self-respect demands that we should
do it.
Col. Mclntyre has taken the field,
and we hope to see him in Savannah
l*cfore the close of the campaign.—
Sar. Rep.
A New Co.mkt.—A scientific gen
tleman informs the Petersburg Ex
press that he has observed several
nights past, a comet, evidently an
immense distance from the earth,and
apparently, when first observed a lit
tle west of Orion s belt. On Monday
night last, at half past ten o’clock, it
formed a right angle tri-a gle with
two small stars and mov.<l very
rapidly, as in four hours it had alter
ed its position so ns to make the an
gle very obtuse. Its motion seemed
westward from O'ion. On Tuesday
night, it appeared near a reddish star
of the fourth magnitude, in the tail
of the constellation Aries. It ap
peared very faint, as if disappearing.
How long this comet has been flour
ishiug in that direction it is unable
tor us to say, as our informant only
observed it a few nights ago, for the
first time. We will doubtless soon
hv*ar from it from the sages of the
Observatories —Athens ( ‘Penn. ) Post.
Old Whifey. —Many of our readers,
no doubt, recollect “Old Whitey,” the
horse Gon. Taylor rode at the battle
of Buena Vista. While at Lenoir,a
gentleman informed us that celebra
ted horse was foalded the property
of Uni. Wm. Greenway, on the plan
tation of which the village of Lenoir,
Caldwell county, now stands, about
the year 1831, and was taken by-
John Tucker to Bradley county,
‘Penn., at the < ‘herokee station, and
sohl to Gen. Winfield Scott for £2OO,
for the use of tin* United States Ar
my, ami then he became the proper
tv of Gen. Taylor. —Charlotte [A r . U.]
Whig.
To Core a Felon. —Boil in an iron
vessel of sufficient capacity, say four
or six qua’ts, enough yellow dock
root to make a strong liquor ; when
sufficiently boiled, and when the li
quor is !i < as can be borne by the
hand, cover the kettle with a flannel
cloth to keep in the heat, and in five
min ires the pain will cease. If it
sh uld return a ter a time heat the
same liquor a* ddo as before. Inn
cure performed in this way, the joints
will always be preserved. The re
ceipt has been abundantly verrified
he re.— Scientific A me r icon.
Effectual Remedy. — Gen. Gillespie,
living in the suburbs of our city in- i
forms us, that lie had several hogs j
effected with hog cholera, and that I
he drenched them with strong li
quid of elder, and found it an effectual
rented*. The entirely recover
ed and did well. Three hands can
drench a bog in five minutes time.
inaM gtliis a simple, easy and not a
costly cure. Farmers who are loos
ing hogs will do well to try theprac ,
lice oj Gen. Gillespie, whom we can
endorse as a good farmer and a reli- j
able gentleman.— Chat. Adr.
Keep Good f'ompany.— Intercourse
with persons of decided virtue and ex
cellence is of great importance to the
formation of good character. The
force of example, is wonderful ; we j
(are creatures < f imitation, nnd bv a
. necessary influence, our habits and j
tempers are verv much formed
011 the mo t of those with whom we
familiarly associate.
.1 Ttoody Record. —According te
an official return of the Austrian Gov
ernment, just published, the total
loss of the army in Italy killed and
wounded, and prisoners, was 1,164
I officers and 48,500 men.
Letter from Col. Akin.
Elltjay, Ga., Sepr. 6, 1859.
To Gov. Joseph K. Brown and CoL Warren
Akin :
Gexti kmkn :—An answer to the following
questions, through the Caaaville “Standard,”
is solicited at your earlier convenience, and
oblige,
Very Rrapeatfully,
E. M. SPRIGGS.
C. A. ELLINGTON,
WILLIAM GUESS,
BENJ. JOHNS ION,
L. M. GREER.
Ist. Will you or either of you vote for
Siephen A. Douglas, for President of the
United State?, if he receives the nomi
nation at the Charleston Convention in
I860?
2nd. Do you interpret the Dred Scott de
cision to go to the extent that it is the duly
of Congress to Legislate for the protection
ot slavery in the Territories? If so, will you
adopt this as a part of your political plat
torm. and pledge your influence to maintain
this doctrine?
Casvillr. Ga., Sept. 10th, 1859.
Gentlemen: —Yours of the Gth inst, was
received on yesieniay evening on my re
turn home, and I now reply to it. Your
letter contains two question?, propounded
to G jvernor Brown and myself, which you
desire auswered through the Cassville
Standard.
Your first question is in the following
words: “Will you or either of you vote
tor Stephen A. Douglas for President of the
United States if he receives the nomi
nation at the Charleston Convention in
1860 r
I answer, emphatically, I will not! I pre
fer an open enemy to a crafty, deceitful
treacherous friend. I think Mr. Douglas’
“Squatter Sovereignty” and “unfriendly ieg
l-lation” by a Territorial legislature, “is
worse,” in the language of that great states
man, John C. Calhoun, “than the Wilmot
proviso.”
Your second question is in these words,
“do you interpret the Dred Scott decision to
go to the extent that it is the duty of Cou
gre:-? to legislate for the protection of Slave
ry in the Territories ? It so, wi*l you adopt
tins as a part ot your political platform and
pledge your influence to maintain this doc
. triue ?
I have the decision of the Supreme Court
in the Dred Scott case, before me. The
Court shows very clearly that there is no
“difference between property in a slave and
other propertyand they state that the
right of property in a slave is distinctly
affirmed in the Constitution. The right to
traffic in it, like an ordinary article of mer
chand /.e and property, was guarantied to
the cit zens of the United States, in every
State that might desire it.
And the Court then adds: “And no
word can be found in the Constitution which
gives Congress a greater power over slave
property, or which entitles property of that
kind to less protection than property of any
other discription. 7he only power conferred
is the power coupled with the DUTY of guard
’ iny and PROTECTING the owner in his
‘■ rights.”
Tins language is too plain to be mistaken.
But it maintains no new doctrine. It was
contended for, some years since, by the
Hon. A. H. Stephens, and I believe, the late
Hon. John M. Berrien. And surely I may
-taud in the path made by Stephens and
Benien, and established by the Supreme
Court of the United States. Should you,
citizens of Georgia, remove to a Territory,
would not Congress have the poicer , and
, would it not be the duty of Congress to
protect your w ives and daughters from law
less violence, should the Territorial Legisla
ture throw open the door to it by “unfriend
ly legislation ? ’ Who will answer this ques
tion in the negative? And in ruy judg
ment, a Territorial Legislature lias no more
right to destroy private property, by “ un
friendly legislation,” or otherwise, than it has
to turn over your wives and daughters,
should you go to a Territory, to the lust of
the hordes of vagabonds sent there by Em
igrant Aid Societies.
Mr. Douglas ha3 said that Congress may
destroy a Territorial Government, which
-hows, conclusively, that it is the mere
creature of Congress and can exercise no
power but that given to it by Congress.
The right of private property , is one of the
absolute rights of man, and sovereign power
alone, can rightfully destroy if. A Territo
ry is in no sense sovereign. It can not de
clare war, make treaties, coin money, nor
regulate commerce. These powers can
alone be exercised by sovereignty. They
cannot be exercised by the States, because
the States have delegated them to the Gene
ra! Government. But the Territories never
had these powers to de'egate. It seems to
me. therefore, mere folly to talk about “pop
ular sovereignty ‘ in the Territories.
I therefore answer your second question,
that, in my opinion, it is the duty of Con
cress to legislate for the protection of slave
ry in the Territories whenever it may ne ne
cessary; and I do adopt this as a part of my |
political creed, and pledge my influence to j
maintain this doctrine.
This being the only day I have to prepare
for Cass court which sits here on Monday,and
having many letters to answer which have
accumulated during my absence, I have been
compelled to answer your questions briefly,
and to write in haste.
Very Respectfully,
Your obedient servant,
WARREN AKIN.
To Messrs. E M. Spriggs, C. A. Ellington, j
William Guess, Benj. 3 ihnston, L. M. Greer
’ __ i
A Veteran Soldier's Boast. —The
Duke of Wellington, in his Private
Explanatory letter to Mr. Canning, in
regard to a misunderstanding between
them in 1827, uses this language : “1 am
notin the habit of deciding upon sinh
matters hastily or in anger; and the
proof of this is, that, / necer had a quar
rel with any man in my tife.”
◄
Charles W. Banks, of Meriden, Con
necfc'cut, who was wounded by a bayo
net charge of the military during the
reception of Ex Governor Seymore, at
last week, died on Sunday
afternoon. Ihe part of the lurg ill
jured became inflamed, and mortification
ensued.
The Englishmen in Paris.—The
Paris letters stale, that during the recent
festivities several American flags were
diplaved, but not an English flag was
seen, al*h>ugh the number of English
men in Paris is five times greater than
that of Americans.
We trust hit the ginsefng said to
abound in Minnesota is not another
name for gin sling The former is used
m hitters, Goliath found the sling more
hitter still, and something in it that got
into Ins head. By the way. was that
‘smooth pehhle from ‘he brook” anv re
lation to the modem brick in the hat ?
GEORGIA CITIZEN.
L. F. W. ANDREWS, Editor.
MACON, GA., SEPT. 23, 1859.
FOR GOVERNOR
COL. WARREN AKIN,
Os Cass.
FOR CONGRESS,
THOS. HARDEMAN, jr„
Of Bibb.
For Senator ,
A. R. FREEMAN.
For Representatives ,
JUDGE CLIFFORD ANDERSON,
WILLIAM HOLMES.
For Congress.
Ist. District, A. T. Mflntjrc, of Thomas.
2d. “ Marcellas Douglass, ol Randolph.
3rd. “ Thomas. Hardeman, Jr., of Bibb.
4th. “ \tiu. I. Wright, ot Coweta.
sth. “
6th. “
7th. “ Hon. Jo’.hoa llill, of Morgan.
Bth. “ A. R. Wrignt, of Jefferson.
Hardeman’s Appointments.
KNOXVILLE, Craw turd county,
Saturday, September 24.
Lisst of Appointment*.
The following in a list of our appointments
for the District.
M. DOUGLASS,
M. J. CRAWFORD.
Colquit, Friday, “ 23d‘
Blakeley, Saturday, “ 24th-
Morgan, Monday, “ 26th-
Fort Gaines, Wednesday, “ 28th.
Georgetown, Thursday, “ 29th.
Cuthbert, Saturday, “ 31st.
August 13 th, 18-'9.
That Brag.
“/do not know who my opponent is tohe.
1 hope he may he the best and strongest
man of the party, for their is some credit
in beating their best man thirty thousand
VOTES, WHICH I EXPECT TO DO IF I LIVE. 1
do not feel that I could be very wellsatisfied
with less.’’ — Governor Brown.
“ALL NATURALIZED CITIZENS
SHOULD RECEIVE THE PROTECTION
OF OUR GOVERNMENT FROM FOR
EIGN DESPOTS, TO THE SINKING OF
THE LAST SHIP AND THE FALL OF
THE LAST SOLDIER."— Warren Akin
There wili. be a Grand Opposition
RALLY AND BARBECUE
At the Itnil Bond t ump Oroiiiid, in .Monroe Co.’
about 11 miles from Mac. n, on
Saturday, the Ist Day of October.
When Capt. Hardeman, the Opposi
fion nominee for Congress, and Hon.R .
P. Trippe, ar.d Judge Clifford Anderson
will address the people. JjgU’AII parties
are invited to attetid, and especially the
Ladies, ana paitake of the good cheer.
Barbecue!! Barbecue!!!
There will be a j>nhli<- BARBECUE at Jrjferson
,'Ule, Tteigg* Counts, on Saturday, September 24th, at
which lime and place the
HON B. H. HILL.
And others will address the public. The citizens of
Tw iggat and adjonnug counties ore invited to attend,
[sept. 2A-U.;
—
At Home Austin.
The Editor hits returned home, after an
absence of about three weeks, much im
proved, we are happy to say, in health, and
spirits, and will resume, with renewed vigor,
the duties of his station An accumulated
correspondence received during his absenco
will receive his earliest attention.
Lumber.
Persons desiring Lumber will doubtless
find it to their advantage to call on Mr. W.
B. Van Valkcnbcrg, who Ims established a
new Steam Saw Mill in Rutland District,
near Macon, as will be seen by reference to
his Advertisement in to-day’s paper.
Lee County.
The Opposition have nominated Mason
Tiller for the Senate, and Willis A. Jones
for the House.
Webster County.
John M. Shepard, for the Senate, and L.
B. Causey, for the House, are the Opposi
tion candidates in this county.
The San Juan Affair.
It is said that Mr. Buchanan intends
sending Robert J. Walker as a commission
er to settle the San Juan dispute with the
British Governor of Vancouver.
Election in Utah.
There is a probability that the .Mormon
candidate for Congress in Utah lias been
beaten. The candidates were Dr. Hurt,
“Gentile;’’ W. G. Osborn, Independent;
and Capt. W. H. Hooper, Mormon.
— ♦ ►
General Lane.
Wentworth’s Chicago Democrat, (free
soil,) says that it “considers Gen. Lane the
strongest, far the strongest man, that the
union of slavery propagandists, millifiers
and disunionists can nominate.”
Telegraph Convention.
The attempt made to consolidate the sev
eral Telegraphic Companies of the country
into one grand concern, says the States, has
failed. It is fortunate for the country that
it did, else it might have been called to obey
the behests of a tyranical monopoly.
Col Akin'* teller.
We commend the prompt, frank and man
ly letter of the Opposition Nominee for Gov
ernor, to the Ellijav Committee, to the
perusal of our readers. The questions pro
pounded are important; and Col. Akin
has answered them promptly, and with
out any equivocation. Just as an honest,
straightforward man like him would do.
Overtrading.
At the rate the country is at present over
trading. another commercial crisis is inevita
ble in a few years. The imports for the last
eight months at New York, have been 181
millions, against 100 millions of exports to
pay for them. Nothing but the enormous
influx of the precious metals from various
parts of the world, could sustain such ex
travagance in a nation a single year.
Island of Bermuda.
The island of Bermuda is ast becoming a
vast maiket garden for the city of New
York. The export of potatoes for the last
season to that city shows an increase of nine
hundred bushels. The exportation of onions
has reached over eight hundred thousand
pounds; while that of tomatoes amounted
to four thousand five hundred and ninety
two boxes. More than sixty vessels were
engaged in carrying the above mentioned
produce.
Senator Toombs. * I
We havo forebornc to make any remarks
upon the speeches which Senator Toombs
has been making in different parts of the
State, during the present canvass, for the
reason in the first place, that we have seen
nothing from him creditable to him as a
statesman; and in the next, if we had, we
should have placed no confidence in it.
Every body concedes to Senator Toombs
talents of the highest order, hut no one gives
him credit for stability or integrity ot pur
pose. The character of his genius is eratie,
speculative, impulsive—grasping and com
prephending everything and settling upon
nothing. Sueli men may excite, dazzle,and
even be admired; hut they never can be sale
intrusted with the executive affairs of the
nation. Mr. Toombs has reached as high in
political j>osition and influence as he will
ever get. Indeed, it is rather to be expected
that he will decline in influence, and the re
spect entertained for him, from the present
period. From the facts which have been
developed in this campaign, it is astonish
ing—vea, it borders upon audacity, for any I
body, not even Mr. Toombs excepted, to as
sert publicly, that he would sooner vote for j
Stephen A. Douglas for the Presidency,than
| any man of the Opposition, North or South.
In view of the facts, we should not have es
i timated Mr. Toombs any lower, if he had
| said he would support the Black Republican
I nominee for President whoever he might be.
1 A greater, more dangerous or more power
ful enemy of the South, docs not exist in
j this Union than Stephen Arnold Douglas.
No man has contributed more to estab
lish a Territorial policy, inimical to the
rights of the South, than he has. No man
j can do more than he has done, to prevent
j another slave State coming into the Union.
This is admitted by many of the leading
papers of the Democracy, not only in Geor
gia, but all over the Southern States,
j When the leaders of the Democratic party
i four years ago, in the Legislature of Geor
! gia, denounced any man, who did not sub
! scribe to the principles contained in the
i Kansas and Nebraska Bill, as a traitor, and
! unworthy to be trusted—when it was only
| supposed that those principles were merely
! a declaration of equality of rights of the
States in the Territories, with the abro
gation of the Missouri line—it was thought
to be overbearing and insulting to the inde
pendence of the people, by many honorable
men. But now, when it is known that the
principles of the Kansas and Nebraska Bill
are nothing more or less than the infamous
doctrine of Squatter Sovereignty, which the
people of Georgia indignantly repudiated in
the person of General Cass, in 1848—what
should be thought—what should he said of
the man, who of ail others, most eloquently
denounced those principles in 1848, and did
more to defeat than any other man—we ask
’ what should be said and thought of that
I man, were lie now to tell the people, that
those principles are right and proper, and
that the man who revived and established
them, is more worthy of his support for the
Presidency than any man who opposes them,
North or South? Senator Toombs is the
man who has done this thiug.
We do not say that Senator Toombs is an
Abolitionist in feeling or principle—we do
not say that he lias any Free-soil propen
sities—we do not believe but that he loathes
and detests them. But we do say —and say
it deliberately—and we believe it when we
say it— THAT HE IS AN UNPRINCIPLED TRAI
TOR TO THE BIGHTS AND INTERESTS OF THE
South in the Territories of tiie United
States. That if he has not already done it,
he is willing—and will do it, if the opportu
nity is offered—colleague with Douglas, de
lude the South into his support for the Pres
idency, and the adoption of his dangerous
Territorial policy, if thereby he can obtain
to the position we believe he is seeking. “We
have prophesied more astounding things of
him than this, and they hare come to pass.
We profess to know Senator Toombs well—
and we do.
Fort Valley.
Our neighbor of the State Press seems to
take the notice which our correspondent at
Fort Valley gave of Mr. Speer s speech and
escort at that place, in no very good humor.
Our eorsespondent is a gentleman of as high
standing as any man in Houston county; and
we presumed at the time, gave a faithful
representation of what occurred. And we
will add, that we have made inquiries of sev
eral gentlemen who were eye-witnesses, and
they corroborate the statements of our cor
respondent, only we believe make it a little
worse. Now. wo were not at all surprised
at what we heard, for we have known a
great many eccentricities in Democracy, and
we supposed some of our Democratic friends
had gone down to Fort Valley, and in the
exuberance of their feelings, had spread
themselves upon a “ bender" —a glorious j
Democratic bender —such as “good Demo- j
crats” know how to get up. It is useless to
get ruffled about the matter; some people
will “spree’ about election times, and some
people will talk about it. The threat im
plied in the latter clause of our contempo- ,
rary’s remarks, we presume allndes to the 1
general defeat the Democracy expects to give
us on the first Monday in October. Xons I
verrons.
Against the Laws-
There is a statute of this State that pro
hibits the circulating of Abolition documents,
or sentiments affecting injuriously the insti
tution of slavery. What is the nature of
Seward's speech, which the Democrats are so
industriously circulating in the Third Dis
trict ? Why it is to all intents and purposes
an Abolition Document. Are not these Do.
mocrats violating the law directly, and in
its very teeth ‘! But what better can we ex
pect of a party than crime and immorality
when their leaders and Governor will set the
exampleof evading and violating law,and that
while under oath ? We say to our Opposi
tion friends, and to the good and true men of
all parties, who love law and order, to
stand firm, and put their faces determinately
against such an outrage upon their domestic
interests, and dangerous to their peace and
safety. •
The last Resort.
Since Gov. Brown was forced to expose
his secret counsel to the Banks, his oigans
have turned round and accused the Banks of
using their mom y to defeat his bragging
Excellency. The Savannah Repubticm in
dignantly repels the charge, so far as the
Banks of Savannah are concerned, as infa
mously false. We have reason to know
there i3 not a shadow of truth in the accusa
tion ; and if there was, Gov. Brown and his
friends should be the last to say anything,—
tor his Excellency without doubt, took
some pains to teach the Banks how they
might use their money unlawfully.
Keep It Before the People.
That Gov. Brown has done more for
the education of the masses of Georgia, than
any Governor who has preceded him.
Atlanta Int.
We challenge any Democratic editor,
speaker, or friend of Gov. Brown to produce
the proof that Gov. Brown has been the
means of educating a solitary single man or
woman, boy or girl, in the State of Geor
gia, outside of his own family.
fEn. Citi/en.
Our Doctrines and Principles.
The irosition of our party and our candi
dates before the people is advantageous and
commanding. On no previous occasion
have we fought a campaign on more im
portant doctrines, or under circumstances
that presented us more clearly to the coun
try. Our position is unequivocal —while
that of the Democracy is totally unde
fined. We venture to assert that there is
not a man, learned or unlearned, who shall
vote with the Democratic party on the first
Monday of October, can clearly and dis
tinctly define what political principles are
sustained by his vote. The reason why he
cannot do it, is very obvious. The party is
split up into five distinct and separate fac
tions, no one of which hold any principles
in common, but such as are construed out ot
the Cincinnati platform —and they cannot
he said to agree even on that construction.
It is almost a burlesque to call such a hatch
of incongruous factions, a Party. But
such is not the case with the Opposition.—
They are united, firm, and dearly defined.
They have placed themselves firmly upon
the onlv true ground of Southern Rights.
They assume the doctrine, and it is the only
true one— and that by - which the South
must either stand or fall —that as the
Constitution recognizes slavery, and was
so framed as to be its guardian and protec
tor, it is right and proper that Congress, as
the means by which the requirements of the
Constitution are fulfilled, should protect by
law, that, and all other property in the Ter
ritories. That it is the duty of Congress to
interfere to the extent, that there shall
BE UNDOUBTED AND UNQUESTIONED EQUALI
TY in the Territories of the United
States, between all thf. citizens of the
United States with all and every
SPECIES OF PROPERTY RECOGNIZED IN THE!
Constitution. This is the true doctrine of
the Constitution —an organic basis of the [
Union. It is the doctrine held and advoca
ted by Mr. Calhoun, Mr. Berrien, and
Mr. Webster, and since confirmed and made j
apart and parcel of the law of the land, hv
the decision of the Supreme Court of the
United States.
We say the Opposition occupy this ground,
and that it is the only true doctrine of Southern
Rights. The leaders of the Democratic party
have refused to come up to this standard. They
have refused 10 takeany other position than the
Cincinnati Platform ; and the Cmciunati
Platform endorses the principles of the Kansas
and Nebraska Bill; and the Kansas Nebraska
Bill establishes the doctrine of Squatter Sover
eignty, Territorial Legislation,and Alien Suffrage
—and that doctrine deprives the South of an
equality in the Territories of the United States.
Tne Democratic party, therefore, are indirectly
the upholders of the worst doctrines that ever
entered into the legislative enactments ot this
Government. And those who advocate the
claims of Mr. Douglas to the Presidency, advo
cate these doctrines, for they are inseparable.
It is evident, therefore, that the Opposition,
untrammelled by any Northern affiliation, pre
sents to the people the only sale and suro de
fence for the rights of the South. They will in
the next Congress, occupy a commanding
position—they will hold the balance ot power,
and be the touchstone of truth by which every
true Southern man and national Statesman,
will he tested. They will be able to force the
Democracy to come out upon these principles
or drive it into the arms of the freesoil interest.
We feel, therefore, proud of our position, and
can confidently appeal to the people, to every
man, no matter with what party he may have
heretofore acted, so that he is now true to the
South, in thia her greatest emergency, to come
up to our help. To come and stand with us
and by us on the Constitution and the laws of
the land, and battle for them till our rights are
secure and safe in their undisputed triumph.
Judge Wright and Colonel
Akin.
The State Press of the 15th, publishes a let
-1 er from the Hon. Augustus R. Wright as a
! reply to Col. Akin’s letter written August 31st,
j 1859, to the Editor of the Federal Union. In
that letter Col. Akin made this manly proposi
tion to Governor Brown on the subject of lees
paid Attorneys tor services rendered the State
in Railroad cases. Col. Akin says this, ‘Now I
am willing to enter into a bond, for any reason
able sum, TO TAKE JUST ONE-HALF THE
AMOUNT PAID BY GOVERNOR BROWN
TO JUDGE WRIGHT, [the Hon. Augustus R
Wright) ACCORDING TO THE SERVICES
RENDERED B\ EACH OF US, to be decided
by three disinterested Attorneys, Governor
Brown selecting one, I one, and those two a
third ; and if I have received more than I oughti
I WILL PAY BACK TO THE ROAD ; and if I have
not received HALF AS MUCH as Governor
Brown paid Judge Wright, the Road shall pay
it to me. Surely, lam entitled to HALF AS
MUCH as Gov. Brown paid Jitdge Wrioht,
taking the service rendered by each into con
sideration.’
This was a most fair and honorable proposi
tion.
Why has Judge Wright skulked and not met
the issue made in Col. Akin's letter ? And is
this the letter, Mr. State Press, you spoke of
on the 14th, in your issue ? Why, Col Akin
says, he will take ONE-HALF of what was
paid Judge Wright, taking into consideration
services rendered by both. If all was right,
why did not Judge Wright say ho would—
that he was willing to accept Col. Akin’s man
ly and straight forward proposition ? Neither
Judge Wright, or Gov. Brown dare consent to
to submit Col. Akin s proposit’on to three disin
terested lawyers, to be selected as stated by
him in his letter.
Now Col. Akin made no charge of corruption
as existing between Gov. Brown and Judge
Wright. He had been charged bv the Federal
Union without explanation, as having received
more in fees thau any other lawyer employed
for the Road. There is a very easy way to dis
pose of this matter. Let Gov. Brown and
Judge Wright consent to, and accept the offer
of Col. Akin ? Will they do it ? Dare they
doit? Ask the Voters or Georgia to read
this? COL. AKIN OFFERS TO TAKE
HALF THE AMOUNT PAID JUDGE
WRIGHT TAKING SERVICES RENDERED
BY BOTH INTO CONSIDERATION.’ Read it
voters of Georgia! That Judge Wright, by
e\ - ading the issue made by Col. Akin, and Gov.
Brown, and Judge Wright by not accepting
Col. Akin’s offer, virtually acknowledges that
Col. Akin’s fees were not more than HALF THE
AMOUNT PAID JUDGE WRIGHT, taking
into consideration the services rendered by both
Voters of Georgia this Hon. Augusts R
Wright is an uncompromising Douglas demo
crat. This same Hon. Augustus R. Wright in
a letter written during the contest for U. S-
Senator in the State of Illinois, planted himself
upon Squatter Sovereignty, and that is one of
the reasons that his constituents refused to
nominate aod elect him again to Congress!—
Ask the voters of Georgia to read that too, Mr.
State Press. Tell the people of Georgia that the
Hon. Augustus R. Wright is a Squatter Sover
eign democrat.
Opposition Nominations.
The Opposition party of Washington coun
ty have nominate*! the following excellent
and popular ticket for the Legislature:
For the Senate —Thomas F. Wells.
For Representatives—Rufus A. Robinson
and Jas. R. Taylor.
In Jefferson county the Opposition party
have nominated the following strong and
admirable ticket:
For Senator—Judge A. E. Tarver.
Representative—Col. John W. Brinson.
Suifliniitg Up.
Whatever may be the Anal results of the
present canvass in this Stgte, one thing j s
beyond dispute, and that is this: We have
given the Democracy the most complete
thrashing, in the way of argument, they ever
i bad in their lives. There is not a single po
sition they held at the beginning of the
cunpaign, but we have driven them from it.
We have silenced every battery, and an
swered, to their complete discomfiture, every,
argument. They were* for Douglas, the
Cincinnati Platform, and the principles of
the Kansas Bill. We have attacked them
at every point, and so clearly demonstrated
that Douglas, the Cincinnati Platform, and
the principles of the Kausas Bill, were
; nothing but Squatter Sovereignty, Territo
i rial Legislation, and alien suffrage under so
many names, that now there can only be
heard a “random gun” from their presses on
the subject They have been thoroughly
silenced completely beaten aud no
1 mistake.
In the Eighth District the campaign is.
ended, and the Democracy have as good
as struck their colors.
Iu the First District, the battle is but fair
ly opened, and wito a good prospect of a
heavy gain, if not success.
The Second is still warmly engaged—and
we believe that the gallant young Douglas
will come out conqueror, over Mr. Craw
ford.
In the Third, Hardeman towers as a pillar
I of strength, that all the hosts of Democracy.
like begirding legions, fails to move, or even
i shake. He stands immovable—and the peo
ple of the District will give him a hand
some majority on the Ist Monday of Oc-
I tober.
In the Fourth, if truth, honesty and sound
argument can prevail, there would uot be a
doubt of success. Mr. W. F. Wright has
made a gallant fight; such an one as de
serves success.
In the Seventh, all divisions healed, Hill
will hold bis own, and we believe, come out
with an increased majority.
And crowning all,comes the hones?, noble
hearted Warren Akin, carrying the hearts
of the people with him wherever he goes.
There is no deceit in 1 im—no betrayal of
trust, —no violation of official oath—no pre
tending to be opposed to Banks, to get the
good will of the people, and then secretly
counseling the Banks how they may evade
law, that he might “curry favor” with them.
YVe say Warren Akin is an honest man—
and the crowning of the canvass will be his
j triumphant election; and the old Empire
State of the South will be redeemed from
the hands of the Democratic vandals.
Gov. Brown in a Fix.
It is a little curious to speculate upon the
manner in which his Excellency will speak
i of his secret letter to the Banks, in his next
annua! Message. That he will have to make
i some mention of it is very certain; for a
document that has created such a sensation
| in financial and political circles cannot go
unuo'iced. We say, therefore, it is a little
curious to speculate upon how the Governor
will introduce it, and what he will say about
| it. He cannot tell the Legislature that the
law was too stringent, for he vetoed it be
cause he considered it too favorable. He
cannot tell them that he placed a construc
tion upon the law for the Banks, because he
told the Banks that it was not his duty to
construe the law. But if the Legislature
should demand why he gave the Banks the
1 form of the oath, what will he answer?
What can he answer that will not imply a
construction of the laws? And the grave
question may arise whether a Governor of
Georgia can properly, at his pleasure, divest
himself of the robes of State, and give his
advice “as a personal friend, and not as a
public officer,” in matteis affecting the exe
cution of the laws? And it may also be
inquired into whether the conduct of Gov.
Brown, which some of the Democratic
presses pronounce so “highly honorable” to
his Excellency, may not be subject for im
peachment. It is probable that there will
be some gentlemen in the next Legislature
of Georgia who will be very curious upon
these matters. Would it not be better for
his Excellency to submit to the small incon
veniences of a defeat, rather than to be
“hauled over the coals’’ after his success?—
We merely make the suggestion.
There i .nothing to Retract.
The Telegraph of our city thinks that the
Opposition Press ought to retract what they
have said of Gov. Brown, about his giving
the Banks the elue by which they might
evade the law, relative to their exchange
speculations. We see nothing to retract.—
Gov. Brown has been guilty of what he was
accused of. There is not a Bank officer in
the State of Georgia, but will certify to it.
If we do a man injustice, it is due to our
self as much as him, that we make amends.
But in the matter of Gov. Brown and the
Banks, we do not think, and certainly the
Democratic press have not shown, that we
have wronged his Excellency.
That Word “Chance.”
The Constitutionalist, of Augusta has be
come spokesman and apologist for the nom
inee of the Democratic party in the Eighth
District—whom wo infer has not sense
enough “to get out of a shower of rain.” It
says that Mr. John J. Jones does not hold
Douglas in very high esteem ; hut would
support him for President if nominated by
the Charleston Convention, against a Black
Republican. But if a third candidate be run,
and he should be a Southern man, he would
vote for him, if he thought there was any
“CHANCE’’ to elect him. Yes, “chance”
is a Democratic leaders scape-goat. It will
be their excuse for voting for the worst
Black Republican in the United States.
Why Don’t He Answer.
Why don’t Gov. Brown answer the ques
tions propounded to him and Col. Akin by
the Elijay Committee ? The latter has an
swered them promptly and unequivocally ;
and no man can gainsay it. Why dont Gov.
Brown answer ? Is he afraid to show his
hand ? They must be answered by him. —
They are important questions. They ef
fect the interests and welfare of the country;
and every public man’s position with regard
to them should be clearly defined. We say,
therefore, Gov. Brown must answer them, or
suffer the consequences. W r e know it is a
difficult thing to get an honest straight for
ward answer out of a Democratic candidate
—but these questions are so plain that even
a man of Gov. Brown’s capacity can an
swer them, if he will.
Wright and Jones.
In closing a review of the discussion be
tween Messrs. Wright and Jones, at Augus
ta, Friday evening, the Chronicle and Sen
tinel speaks thus confidently of the result
“We have not time for a further notice at
present. The fact is, Jones is a mere child,
with his school boy’s written speech, in the
hands of Mr. Wright He has abandoned
the canvass, we believe, and no doubt very
glad of it—and so are his friends. The ques
tion is no longer, who shall be elected in
the place of Mr. Stephens, but what shall
Wrigt t’s majority be ? His prospects now
are very good to carry every county in the
Distriot except one.